AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 and ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 479 MHz
124.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.916 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 256 MB
5.6x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 756 MHz
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 373 vs 244
51.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2534 vs 49

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 September 2011 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 479 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.916 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 756 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	373 vs 244
PassMark - G3D Mark	2534 vs 49

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

373

244

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2534

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD
Geekbench - OpenCL	3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.789
PassMark - G2D Mark	373	244
PassMark - G3D Mark	2534	49

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R500
Code name	Barts	M71
Launch date	19 September 2011	1 March 2007
Place in performance rating	741	744
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	479 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 1,536.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2x 960
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	1.916 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	254 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 134.4 GB / s	3.024 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	32 Bit
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz	756 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2